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Paul D. Hastings; Jonas G. Miller; David G. Weissman; Ryan T. Hodge; Richard W. Robins; Gustavo Carlo; Amanda E. Guyer – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Both parasympathetic nervous system regulation and receipt of social support from close relationships contribute to prosocial development, although few studies have examined their combined influences in adolescence and particularly within racially and ethnically minoritized populations. In this longitudinal study of 229 U.S. Mexican-origin…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Peer Influence, Family Influence, Social Development
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Kalland, Mirjam; Linnavalli, Tanja – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations between social-emotional and language development in a sample of 3-5-year-old children in community-based early childhood education and care (N = 90). Children's theory of mind understanding, affect recognition and language abilities were tested with neuropsychological measurements,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Social Emotional Learning, Intervention, Language Acquisition
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Takahashi, Hidetoshi; Komatsu, Sahoko; Nakahachi, Takayuki; Ogino, Kazuo; Kamio, Yoko – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Auditory hyper-reactivity is a common sensory-perceptual abnormality in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which interrupts behavioral adaptation. We investigated acoustic startle response (ASR) modulations in 17 children with ASD and 27 with typical development (TD). Compared to TD, children with ASD had larger ASR magnitude to weak stimuli and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Auditory Stimuli, Emotional Response
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Karachaliou, Marianna; Chatzi, Leda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Kampouri, Mariza; Kyriklaki, Andriani; Koutra, Katerina; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Michel, Angelika; Stiakaki, Eftichia; Kogevinas, Manolis; Pawlita, Michael; Waterboer, Tim; de Sanjose, Silvia – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Viral infections of the central nervous system may have detrimental effects for the developing brain, but the effects of less virulent common infections are unclear. We aim to investigate the impact of common viral infections of early childhood on neuropsychological performance of children at age four. Methods: We used cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Diseases, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Ability, Biochemistry
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Pauli-Pott, Ursula; Dalir, Silke; Mingebach, Tanja; Roller, Alisa; Becker, Katja – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Inhibitory control (IC) has been regarded as a neuropsychological basic deficit and as an endophenotype of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Implicated here are mediation processes between etiological factors and ADHD symptoms. We thus analyze whether and to what extent executive IC and delay aversion (DA; i.e.,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neuropsychology, Structured Interviews, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Kobor, Andrea; Takacs, Adam; Urban, Robert; Csepe, Valeria – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to conduct latent class analysis on the Hyperactivity scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in order to identify distinct subgroups of subclinical ADHD in a multi-informant framework. We hypothesized a similar structure between teachers and parents, and differences in symptom severity across…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Measures (Individuals), Neuropsychology, Item Response Theory